| Advertising is everything some people say. | | | | other. There are a lot of free services available out |
| Regardless if you have a product, a service, a hobby | | | | there that you can use to either remotely host a |
| website or just want to share pictures of your | | | | forum for you, or even software you can install on |
| wedding, you have to advertise somehow to get the | | | | your website's server. To find some of these, just |
| traffic to your site or blog. | | | | head over to your favorite search engine and you will |
| But not all traffic is equal. | | | | definitely find plenty to choose from. |
| There are services that can help you drive tons and | | | | And while you are visiting the search engine, why not |
| tons of traffic to your site and it won't do you any | | | | run a search for any bulletin boards and forums that |
| good at all because it's not targeted traffic. | | | | are already out there for your chosen topic? You |
| Take for example all of the many different 'surf for | | | | could visit those and interact with the visitors there |
| traffic' or 'traffic clicking' programs that are out there. | | | | and since many allow you to post a signature or a |
| If you have a website that is about your hobby, say | | | | profile, you could add a little line about your own site |
| model airplanes, then what good is this traffic really | | | | with a link (just check the rules of the forum first so |
| going to do you? Who's using these services? | | | | you don't violate any of them). |
| Webmasters and marketers that want traffic on | | | | 4. Start a blog. |
| their own site. | | | | Blogs are very popular and search engines love them |
| So they most likely won't spend any more time on | | | | because they provide constantly new and fresh |
| your page than is required by the little timer these | | | | content. Your blog would be a great place to talk |
| services use and then they are gone again. Even if | | | | about what you are up to that day. |
| your site is about these traffic services (this is about | | | | So if you spent some time today buying new parts |
| the only time you will see very much benefit from | | | | for your plane you could write about where you |
| using such a tool) you will still have to spend a ton of | | | | found them, how much they cost you, why you |
| time just surfing and clicking around to get a real | | | | chose those parts, anything really goes. |
| benefit from these programs. | | | | The really great part about this is that you can point |
| Once marketers realized that they switched gears. | | | | links from your blog back to your website, so when |
| They started promoting all the different programs to | | | | the search engine stops by to grab and index your |
| a lot of other marketers to get them in their | | | | latest content, it will also stop by your website and |
| downlines, so they could get some traffic as a bonus | | | | you will start seeing very targeted traffic heading |
| and that was their new focus. Problem is that that is | | | | your way. |
| exactly what everyone else did, so not a lot of | | | | 5. Write articles. |
| people were surfing anymore. | | | | Writing articles isn't hard and can be a great source |
| Bottomline is, you want traffic, but you need | | | | of fresh, new traffic to your website. |
| targeted traffic, so here are some tips on how you | | | | There are a lot of ezines on any topic out there and |
| can generate exactly the traffic you need and bring | | | | there are also a lot of directories just to share your |
| the visitors you want visiting your site to you instead | | | | articles at. |
| of chasing after them. | | | | Basically what you do is to write an article and then |
| 1. Content | | | | add a small resource box that links back to your |
| What is your website about? Do you just have a | | | | website (just like a signature) and then let other |
| page with a lot of links and not much else? | | | | ezine publishers know that you are allowing them to |
| If that's the case, think about adding some content | | | | print your article in their ezine. And many publishers |
| to your website that will be of value to any potential | | | | go to the article directories to find new content for |
| visitors. You could write articles or find articles at one | | | | their newsletter and even their websites. And since |
| of the many directories that you can reprint on your | | | | there are websites and ezine newsletters on any |
| site. | | | | imaginable topic out there, you can't lose. Write an |
| 2. Talk about your experiences with your subject | | | | article every couple of days and post it in the |
| matter. | | | | directories (even one a week or every two weeks |
| You don't have to put up some kind of resume | | | | will start getting you traffic) and you will all of a |
| (although that can work too), but rather try writing | | | | sudden find new traffic coming from search engines, |
| about what you are doing, as it relates to your topic | | | | newsletters and websites. |
| of choice. Let's look at the model airplanes again | | | | Best of all, these 5 simple tips will bring targeted |
| briefly, you could talk or write about the latest plane | | | | traffic, meaning the visitors are coming to you |
| type you built, how the last time flying your plane | | | | because they are interested in what you wrote |
| went, what challenges you run into or perhaps even | | | | about. |
| post some pictures of your plane or of you flying it. | | | | So there you have it, 5 easy and simple ways to |
| 3. Forums and Bulletin Boards. | | | | advertise and drive traffic to your website at |
| You could add a forum or bulletin board to your | | | | absolutely no cost at all. |
| website where your visitors can interact with each | | | | |